International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Atheist Ireland has submitted the following report for the next United Nations Universal Periodic Review of Ireland's human rights record. We will also be attending the review, to lobby the Council members about religious discrimination against atheists and minority faith members in Ireland. As well as this individual report from Atheist ...

The Irish education system discriminates against minorities and undermines human rights. The 1995 Constitutional review Group said Article 44.2.4 of the Irish Constitution, which sanctions state funding of denominational schools, was also meant to protect the rights of minorities. The United Nations and Council of Europe have made eight Recommendations ...

Catholic Church in Ireland campaign to maintain privileged position in schools The Catholic Church in Ireland campaign to maintain their privileged position by claiming that:- "To equate all religions is to empty them of any significance". How does treating equally all religions and philosophical convictions empty them of significance? The ...

No non-denominational schools in Irish education system The Minister for Education and Skills Jan O’Sullivan is the patron of nine state run religious schools. These nine schools are the old Model schools and they are not non-denominational despite being under the patronage of the Minister. The Report from the Forum ...

Irish law bans non-denominational schools - state forces education "religious ethos" control Irish law effectively prohibits non-denominational secular schools based on human rights, despite the Irish Government telling the UN Human Rights Committee last month that there are no obstacles to establishing such schools in Ireland. The Government did outline ...

Children have right to non-religious schooling - UN Human Rights Committee Last month Ireland appeared before the UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva under the International Covenant on Civil & Political Rights (ICCPR). Every five years the UN questions Ireland in relation to their human rights obligations under the Covenant. ...

Educate Together multi-denominational schools don't relieve Irish State of UN Human Rights Committee duty to secular education Educate Together has made two statements recently that undermine the duty of the Irish Government to provide secular education though new non-denominational schools, as required by the UN Human Rights Committee. Educate Together is ...

United Nations Human Rights Committee challenges Ireland's record on monitoring Human Rights and Equality This is Yuval Shany of the UN Human Rights Committee, during the Committee's questioning of Ireland in Geneva in July. He is challenging the Irish State's reasons for not mandating the new Irish Human Rights and ...

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